Our Sustainability Mission
Creating customer value, whilst continuing to operate and engage responsibly
Hempel’s 2030 Sustainability Mission focuses on where we can unlock documented value for our customers and our business. It sets out the priorities and targets that help us turn our ambition into action and track our progress.
The Mission has two focus areas: creating customer value through selected coating technologies, and operating and engaging responsibly.
By 2030, we aim to help our customers
- Reduce CO₂e emissions by an estimated cumulative 50 million tonnes through selected Hempel technologies, calculated against defined reference products and scenarios
- Reduce biocide release to marine environments by an estimated 5,000 tonnes through selected Hempel coating technologies, compared with conventional antifouling systems
Both figures are cumulative estimates for selected technologies and applications over 2026–2030. The calculations are based on defined products, reference scenarios, assumptions and system boundaries.
Creating customer value
Hempel develops advanced coating technologies to meet specific customer needs and address environmental challenges. For selected technologies, we estimate and document their contribution to outcomes such as reduced fuel and material use, lower associated CO₂e emissions, longer coating protection and reduced biocide release.
For customers, this can mean lower operating costs, more efficient resource use and extended asset lifetimes. The impact depends on the product, application and conditions in which it is used.
Our customer-value work is organised around three value drivers: Efficiency, durability and liveability.
Operating and engaging responsibly
Reporting frameworks
Accountability through ESG reporting
into our world
